“Life is what makes it possible for you to write at all.”
— Patricia Skarda, professor emerita of English language and literature at Smith College, recalled by alumna Sarah Collins Honenberger ’74, when she complained to Pat that life was getting in the way of her writing (Smith Alumnae Quarterly, Volume 101, #3)
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It’s so true and yet so easy to forget. We writers tend to lock ourselves away for our craft when we really need to balance it with getting out and observing life.
Great quote, Joanne. 🙂
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I was happy to be able to share this quote from a letter to the Smith Alumnae Quarterly. It is a reminder that deserves to be in wider circulation.
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